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Large Geb.Jäg.Rgt.98 WP Grouping (Thief!)

€395.00

Very interesting and quite large Gebirgsjäger Regiment 98 /1.Gebirgs-Division related document grouping.

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25398

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All the documents show overall normal signs of wear/usage. They belonged to a soldier named Michael Wagner who volunteered and served in Gebirgsjäger Ersatz Bataillon 100. After training Michael served in the Stabskompanie II.Bataillon Gebirgsjäger Regiment 98 which was part of the 1.Gebirgs-Division.
With this regiment Michael was put into action in Greece and the Balkans (Croatia and Bosnia) from late June 1943 until mid April 1944. During this time Michael stole 2 times. The first time on the 27.2.1944, when in action in Croatia he had looted a pair of ladies shoes. And the second time on 20.3.1944 he had looted from a civilians house in Croatia 25 pounds of bacon, 20 pounds of ham, 4 pounds of pigs fat and 40 eggs.
For these matters Michael was convicted, by the 1.Gebirgs-Division Criminal Court, to 2 years and 8 months of detention and reduction to the ranks for this looting. He was then detained at the Glatz army prison on the 10.7.1944.
His superior officer described him as: 'Floundering person of inferior character und unreliable''! and he had been punished before by his unit for stealing'.

The grouping consist out 9 different documents. This includes;

Wehrpass; the Wehrpass is solid and complete with all pages. The photo of Michael has been removed. The Wehrpass was declared invalid after he was convicted.
Soldbuch; shows more signs of wear, but is complete with all pages. A portrait was never added. The Soldbuch was declared invalid after he was convicted.
Permission document by his father to join the Army as a volunteer. This was necessary as Michael was only 17 years old.
Two statements of non-Jewish descent (1941 amd 1942)
1.Gebirgs-Division Criminal Court verdict, 17.4.1944.
Contemporary copy of the sentence, issued at the Glatz army prison were he was detained 10.7.1944.
Discharge certificate from Glatz army prison, 5.9.1944. He is sent to the penal unit of the former 1.Gebirgs-Division for rehabilitation by fighting against the enemy. This means that he would get all the dangerous and dirty jobs available; Mine-clearing in the face of the enemy, 'forlorn hope' assault actions etc. etc.
Wehrstammbuch: counterpart of the Wehrpass.

What happened to Michael while serving with the penal unit is unclear, but it is a fact that chances of survival with such a unit were minimal, certainly during the last year of the war and a transfer to such a unit was more or less a death sentance!

Very interesting grouping and pretty rare to find.

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